Data Science for Sustainability

Data Science for Sustainable Agriculture

Dec 5, 2013 · 6:30 PM
EcoFactor

Big Ag: manufacturing in an uncertain environment
Ron Potok, PhD, Director of Analytics, Solum, Inc

Solum’s mission is to make agriculture easier and more productive. Our software-based approach provides farm management and decision support tools for large grower operations. Many farms run as outdoor manufacturing plants, yet are further complicated by uncertain weather and disperse geography, with many having 100+ fields spread out over several hundred miles. Using a combination of data layers, we develop models to provide answers to questions such as - 'What activity should I perform on which of my fields today'? This talk reviews the types of data the young 'agriculture data science' industry is using and its approach to providing predictions.

The water-energy nexus in Agriculture
Olivier Jerphagnon, M.S., CEO of PowWow Energy, Inc.

PowWow Energy, Inc. is a leading innovator in the Agriculture & Water sector. Based in Sunnyvale, California our team leverages Big Data to solve operational problems for ranchers and farmers, and help the environment at the same time by making better use of our water and energy resources. Our first product, the smart leak detector™, is a Cleantech Open 2013 finalist. PowWow leverages advanced data mining to detect water leaks in irrigation systems from electrical signatures in the energy usage of water pumps.

Making agriculture data-driven

Ashwin Madgavkar, Founder, Ceres Imaging

We will discuss the use of aerial photography and image processing techniques to monitor crop health with multi-spectral cameras that measure variables like:

• Plant water stress

• Plant nutrient content

• Presence of diseases/parasites/weeds

We will focus on water stress and talk about ways the farmer use this data to improve irrigation scheduling, fertilizer application, and other crop management decisions.

RSVP list to open two weeks in advance.

SCHEDULE

!! Please arrive before 7pm - door locked thereafter !!

• 6.30 to 7:00 pm: light refreshments

• 7:00 to 8:30 pm: talks + QA

• 8:30 to 9.00 pm: networking

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Ling C.

I'm bummed to have missed this event! If there were presentations used, would it be possible to have these posted?

0 · December 7, 2013
- Joe K.
  
  Sorry - we can't do this because of IP issues.
  
  0 · December 8, 2013
Craig

What a superb way of wrapping up the first year of a vital new meet-up: just one of the speakers last night would have been a 'five star' presentation but all three together- almost felt like a guilty pleasure. : )

Thanks again Joe (and Adam!) and of course best wishes to the presenters for much success.

1 · December 6, 2013
Gayathri

Great meetup and wonderful to hear from the three startups in this space!

2 · December 6, 2013
Jorge H.

I'm looking forward to this meeting! The title: "Data Science for Sustainable Agriculture" contains four of my favorite words!
Jorge - CEO Blue River (www.bluerivert.com)

0 · November 25, 2013
Chris N.

Certainly interested in success stories using precision ag/imaging (having worked with GeoG2, RapidEye, etc for a long time...)

0 · November 22, 2013